Historical encyclopedia of Illinois, Volume 2, Part 60

Author: Dyson, Howard F., 1870- History of Schuyler County. 4n
Publication date: 1908
Publisher: Chicago : Munsell Pub. Co.
Number of Pages: 1126

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acres a year later. He and his family occupied this place until the fall of 1865, when he sold out and moved to Industry Township, MeDon- ough County, Il., buying 100 acres of improved land there, and subsequently adding eighty acres Intore. Ile subsequently sold 160 acres, and moved to a 160-acre farm owned by his wife at Doddsville, where he passed away his last days, dying on April 12, 1892. HTis widow still resides on the place, at the age of seventy-five years. They had a family of seven sons and five daugh- ters, of whom one son and one daughter are de- ceased.

I'rank B. Burnham was the second child in this family, and in early life received his educa- tion in the district schools. lle remained at home until he was twenty-one years old. and then worked one year by the month for his grandfather Armstrong. Then the latter died. and Mr. Burnham rented his farm, conducting it until 1891. In that year he moved to an im- proved farm of 172 acres purchased by him in Section 6, Littleton Township. The place is known as "Locust Knoll." There he carries on general farming, and raises considerable stock. Ile is also the owner of 160 acres of Kansas land, lying in the Wichita County, that State.

On February 1, 1894, Mr. Burnham was united n marriage with Caroline Cordell, who was born at Saint Jolfus, Auglaize County, Ohio, Oe- tober 6, 1-65, and five children have resulted from this union, namely : Iva A., born Novem- ber 27, 1895; Ethel, born April 10, 1597 ; Lucia. born in September, 1899: Ruth, born October 10, 1901, deceased May 3, 1903; and Jennie, born in November, 1903.

In politics Mr. Burnham is identified with the Republican party, and fraternally is affiliated with the MI. W. He and his family attend the Methodist Episcopal Church.

BURROWS, Benjamin .-- Prior to his retire- mhebt to Rushville in 1903. Benjamin Burrows faithfully and intelligently worked out his des- tiny as a farmer and builder, in these fundamen- tal and necessary occupations stamping his worth upon many years of growth of Schuyler County. Born in Astoria Township. Fulton County, Ill., November 15, 1840. Mr. Burrows is a son of Benediet Burrows, a native of Kent County, Md., and the son of parents whose small Southern farm offered but meagre returns for the energy and ambition of their offspring. In consequence. Benedict, while still comparativly young, shook the dust of Maryland from bis teet, and with few worldly assets journeyed to Ohio, where he found work as a farm hand and where, in the vicinity of Freeport. Harrison County, he was united in marriage to Elizabeth ('rider. His pioneering tendencies still unsiti- find. in 1955 he moved in a wagon to Astoria Township. Fulton County, purchasing land for $1.25 an arre, and making thereon the improve- ments known to the agriculturists of his time. Among others of his possessions brought from Ohio was a churn filled with apple seedlings.

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which he had carefully dug and parked. and which were set out on the new land to contribute to the delight and comfort of the settler and his successors. When this old orchard recently was visited by his son, Benjamin, one of these trees still was vigorous and industrious, standing straight and strong beneath its eighty-oud years of existence, its gnarled branches canopied with leaves, aud in season bending beneath its load of apples. Of the children who were born and grew to maturity on the Astoria farm, who doubtless climbed the trees in the old orchard and contributed their share towards the general support, Sarah and her husband. William Brown, are deceased : Jennie is the widow of Eli Ser- erns, and lives in Orleans. Kan. : William mar- ried Sarah J. Litchfield and lives on a farm in Brooklyn Township. Schuyler County ; Martin moved lo Wayne County. Ill .. and died there; Rachel is the wife of William Stansbaugh, of As- toria : Frank was last heard from in California : and Elizabeth, deceased, was the wife of James Stanshangh, a farmer of Brooklyn Township Benedict Burrows died abont 1559, and thereaf- ter his wife lived with her daughter, at whose home her death occurred in 1971.

Benedict Burrows contributed to the neighbor- hood fund for education. and his children. in- eluding Benjamin. attended the subscription school. later devoting his energy entirely to the duties of the paternal farm. At the age of twenty-one years, in 1861. he began to drive the stage from Rushville to Lewistown, but upon the building of the railroad in 1863. he turned his attention to mastering the carpenter trade. In the meantime, during the first year of the Civil War. he was united in marriage to Rachel Ann Dawson, who bore him two daughters: Melinda. wife of James Sloane, of Long Beach. Cal. : and Mary. wife of Lewis Miller. of the vicinity of Bowen. Hancock County. Ill .. and mother of a son. Guy Miller, born November 15. 1590. After his marriage Mr. Burrows lived in Vermont. Ill .. his headquarters while driving the stage. and when launched in the building business, he lo- cated in Bardolph. MeDonough County, where he erected the Presbyterian Church and other build- ings. After the big fire in Chicago, of 1ST1. he moved to that city and worked in a cash and door factory until 1874. in that year returning to Vermont, and in November of the same year. moving to the farm in Oakland Township. Sehuiler County, where he made his home until 1891. After various land transactions and remor- als. January 13, 1897. he married Mrs. AAnna M. (Marken) Stanshangh. a native of Pennsyl- vania, who came to Illinois with her first Ims- band in 1568. Mrs. Burrows has two brothers and one sister in her native State of Pelosvl- vania. After his second marriage Mr. Burrows returned to his farm in Littleton Township moy- ing from there to his present home in Rushville in January. 1903.

Mr. Burrows is justly entitled to a prob nt place mtrong the industrious and capable men of Fulton and Schuyler Counties, to both of which

localities he has contributed means of develop- ment and progress.

CALDWELL, James T., a resident of Littleton . Township. Schuyler County, III .. for thirty years, is one of its most prosperous and substantial farmers, and aside from his standing in the ag- ricultural eireles of his locality, bears the repu- tation of a useful and influential citizen. Mr. Caldwell was born in Jefferson County, Ind .. October 11. 1-51. His parents, Daniel and Eliza- beth (Ry-inger) Caldwell, were natives of Vir- ginin and Kentucky, respectively. Daniel Cald- well, who was a farmer by occupation, was wed- ded to Elizabeth Rysinger in Indiana about the year Istu, both having been previously married. Their union resulted in six sous and one daugh- ter. of whom the subject of this sketch was the sixth in order of birth. lle had a brother, John, who enlisted in an Illinois regiment in 1861, serving throughout the Civil War, and dying in Buena Vista Township in 1871. William Cald- well. a half-brother of James T., was also a soldier, having entered the army in 1563.

The father was the owner of a farm in In- diana, which he disposed of in 1856, moving to Schuyler County, Ill., at the time, and settling in Littleton Township. He followed farming on rented land until the time of his death, which occurred on September 19, ISTS, his wite having passed away in November. 1876. By his first marriage Daniel Caldwell was the father of one son and three daughters, and his second wife hore her first Ini-band one son and two daugh- ter4. In politics, Daniel Caldwell was allied with the Democratic party.

James T. Caldwell was reared to farm lite, and lived with his parents until be reached the age of twenty-one years. in the meantime re- ceiving his education in the schools of Littleton Township. On attaining his majority he applied himself to farming on his own responsibility, continuing thus one year. At the end of that period he went to Humboldt County. Cal., where he was cinployed two years in the work of log- ging. Returning to Littleton Township he rented land on which he was engaged in farming for a considerable time. In 1557 he bought 250 aeres in Sections 2 and 11, Littleton Township. half of which was covered with timber. He has since cleared eighty acres of this portion, and now has a very fine farin. In addition to general farm- ing. he devotes especial attention to raising Shorthorn cattle and Poland-China bogs, and has In ont very successful with both grain and live stock.

On September S. ISTS, Mr. Caldwell was united in marriage with S. Jennie Horton, who was born in Littleton Township. March 17, 1857. a daughter of Mathias and Sarah ( Wilson) ITor- ton, natives of England, who came to the United States in 1554. and proceeding to Schuyler Conuty. 11., settled in Litileton Township. In her maidenhood Miss Horton was a teacher. be- ing engaged in teaching schools in Schuyler and MeDonough Counties from 1871 to 1874. Her

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father departed this life May 6. 1898, her mother having passed away May 3. 191. Both were members of the Baptist Church. Two brothers of Mrs. Caldwell's father, William and Thomas Horton, were soldiers of the Civil War, William dying December 25. 1863. while at home on fur- lough, while Thomas is still living at Macomb, Ill. at the age of seventy-six years. Mr. and Mrs. Caldwell have had rine children. their names being as follows: Ross D., born April 22, 1ST9, was married March 9. 1901, to Nellie Swearingen, daughter of Hush and Mary Swear- ingen, residents of Selmyler County, and now re- siding on part of his father's farm: Ernest, born August 3. 1850, and Clyde, both Jump 7. 15-1. both died in infancy ; Enie, born April 5 18 3. who was married, July 17. IDOL. to Chirles Swearingen, son of Hugh and Mary Swearingen, and now resides in Industry Township, MeDon- ough County ; Clarence, born September 30. 1886, died in infancy : Florence, born March 9. ISSS. taught school in Schuyler County. 1906-07. on October 28. 1906. became the wife of Chester Ballon, and now resides near Pleasantview. Rush- ville Township; Nellie IL .. born Derember 15. . 1890, who is at home: John F. born September 27, 1892 : and Harold J .. born October 2, IS95.

In polities Mr. Caldwell upholds the cause of the Prohibition party. For three years he served the public in the office of Road Commissioner. Ile and his excellent wife are members of the Baptist Church. of Union Grove, in which he has otliciated as deacon simre 1897. and for six years aeled as Superintendent of the Sunday School. Throughont Littleton Township, the friends of both Mr. and Mrs. Caldwell are nu- merons and cordial in sentiment.

CALVIN, George B., a continious resident for a third of a century on the same farm on Section 11. in Huntsville Township. Schuyler County. was born in Georgetown, Brown County, Ohio. November 13, 1831. His father, Samuel Calvin. was born in Kentucky and his mother Phoebe Curry, was a native of Ohio. The parents were married in Georgetown. Ohio, and soon after came to Warsaw, Il., where they resided a few months. going from there to Bethel Township. MeDonough County. Ill. He was prominent in local Democratie politics, filling among other offires that of County Judge, and was regarded as a man of great energy, resource and adapta- bility.

Here in MeDonough County they improved a beautiful farm. where the wife died in ISI. To this nnion the following children were born ; Curry, the oldest of the family, who was a Bel- ber of the Fifth Iowa Cavalry, during the Civil War, and died in Melrose, Mont,, in 195\; John. who died in 18442: Mary L., who died in 1590; Harvey, who died in Rushville, Ill., in 1901: George B. Calvin, of Huntsville, Il .. and I- diana, for many years a resident of Montana. are the only survivors of the family.

In IS12 Samuel Calvin was married to Mary Haney. To this union were born several chil-

dren, two of whom reached maturity. Clay, a member of the Second Illinois Cava : was mortally wounded at Vermillionville, 1 in November, 1969; and Margaret adere ist. Was the wite of James Brundage, of Cher Kan. The father passed away at the old he stead in 1565.

George B. Calvin was reared among the dest conditions of pioneer lite in the early ser ment of Meborough County. Il., attended >. in a primitive log cabin school house, and stu ... under the guidance of an early master na: Samuel Dark, later on becoming a teacher : self and following that profession for two y_ In 1852 he went to St. Paul. Minn, and so an apprenticeship under Frank Whitson, a ; trier, afterward coming back to Macomb. where he followed his trade until 1857, In : he was united in marriage with Margaret H ver. a daughter of Sebastian and Elizabeth : Cray) Hoover, after which be settled on a f " in MeDonough County, where they resided :. . 1ss. when he moved to his present home. this union were born eleven children. six whom are living, namely : Samuel residing Chicago and Ida M. in Henry County, III. : M . E., Everett W .. Phoebe and Edith live at bu_ with their father.

A crushing blow fell myon the life of Mr. c vin. on occasion of the death of his wife. April 9, 1907. She was a woman of rare pati: mal good judgment, and made a comfortable 1. autiful home for her husband and children .: ing a Christian and most unselfish life.

CAMP, Julian Edwards, M. D .- The gene.' = of the Camp family is traced to Isaae Camp. " was born in England and. in childhood. . " brief period in Scotland. thence coming to .1: iet at the age of twelve years, Next in Bu: descent was Daniel, whose son. Israel, Sr .. the father of Israel. Jr .. and the grandfatl .- Job Camp, born November 16, 1747. an! ceased January 17. 1822. Job's son, Ispi Camptown, l'a .. was born June 21, 1791. dial May 21. 1868. Lorin Wallace, son of I- Camp. was born at Campion, Bradford Cor l'a., February 23. 1831, and at an early az- payed such an aptitude for music that he - given the best advantages for acquiring a : cal education. Afterward he became a ver: - cessful and scientific vocal instructor. D .: IS02 he came to Illinois to assist in surs and building the railroad from Clayton. I. Keokuk. Iowa, a road that was financed uncle. Guy Wells, of Keokuk, together w Mr. Hornish. After the completion of th- he served as conductor of the first pass .. train and remained in the position until when he went south and. under the dire,- General Thomas, ran a train from Nasky: Chattanooga. At the close of the war . turned to Illinois and settled in Clayton. he remaind until 1596. During the latter he moved to Kansas, where he first m. home in Wichita and later in Columbus.

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in the last-named eity November 12, 1903. at the age of 72 years.

The marriage of Lorin Wallace Camp took plare February 27, 1855, when he was united with Emma Elizabeth Edwards of Laceyville, T'a., who was born in that place April 1, 1835. Their son, Julian Edwards, was born at Mon- trose, Susquehanna County, Pa., February 21. 1SAS, and received his early education in the grammar and high schools of Clayton, ill., after which he began to read medicine under Dr. T. G. Black of Clayton. His degree of M. D. he ob- tained in ISSo from the College of Physicians and Surgeons at Keokuk. Iowa. After having graduated in medicine he came at once to Brook- lyn, Schuyler County, Ill., arriving on the 230 of Mareb, 1880, and here he has continued in the practice of his profession up to the present time. During 1891 he took a course in the New York Post-Graduate School of Medicine, and four years later had the advantage of a course in the Chicago Post-Graduate School. In point of years of active practice ho is the oldest physician in Schuyler County. His office is equipped with all necessary and desirable apparatus, and he has the advantage of being a registered druggist, which enables him to compound bis own pre- scriptions.

With the exception of the year 1806, when the currency question caused the change, Dr. Camp has always voted the Republican ticket. Fra- ternally he is identified with Camden Lodge No. GIS, A. F. & A. M., at Camden ; Augusta Chapter No. 72, R. A. M., at Angusta. Hancock County ; and Almoner Commandery No. 32. K. T., also of Augusta. Professional organizations having his membership are the Hancock County Medical Society, the Military Tract Medical Association. the Illinois State Medical Society, American Medical Association, and the Aesculapian Medi- cal Club of Augusta District al Augusta. Ill. With his family he holds active membership in the Presbyterian Church of Brooklyn, of whose choir he acts as leader, besides being a generous contributor to the other work of the congrega- tion.

The marriage of Dr. Camp took place in Brook- lyn, Ill., April 5, 1881, and united him with Fan- ette Taylor, who was born in this village Octo- ber 11. 1560. Her parents were Henry W. and Cornelia (Manlove) Taylor, the latter a daugh- ter of Jonathan D. Manlove, one of the early settlers of Schuyler County, Four children com- prise the family of Dr. and Mrs. Camp. The eldest son, Lorin Taylor Camp, born November 6. 1882, graduated from the Gem City Business College at Quincy, Ill., in March. 1903. since which time he has engaged in farming, managing 320 acres inherited by his mother from her fath- er's estate ; in 1907 he won prizes on his corn. and in all of his work he displays sound jude- ment and great energy. The second son. Harold Manlove. born July, 24, 18 5. will graduate in 1909 from the College of Physicians and Sur- geons in Chicago, and in his chown profession will do honor to the family name. The only

daughter, Ruth Estelle, born August 1, 18SS, will graduate In June, los, from the musical department of Upper lowa University at Fay- ette, Iowa. As a pianist she has won many trib- ntes of praise. Her instrumental solos have held large audiences spellbound and her piano work shows talent and skill. The youngest mem- ber of the family circle. Fred Leslie, horn August 26, 1994. is at the age of thirteen years taking his second year in the Brooklyn High School.

CAMPBELL, James S .- With the coming of Jolm M. Campbell to Schuyler County in 1834, and his settlement upon 160 acres of land in what is now Section S. Camden Township, there was added to the strength and character of the pio- Drer class a man destined to fill a large and varied need in the organization and development of a rich and promising section. Mr. Campbell came all the way from his native State of Ken- 11 .ky with a cousin, leaving behind bim his father. James Campbell, and the friends and associates of his formative youth. ile had the grit and determination which must needs have accompanied the emigration of mankind to an agricultural wilderness, for it was the lure of hard work and wonderful sacrifice, rather than the pospects of sudden accumulation from mines or other spoonlative agencies, In time he brought to his rude habitation a wife who con- tributed her fine, womanly qualities towards his dawning sheets, Mary Ann Aldridge, who, with her mother, sister. brother, and brother-in-law, John Harris started from Indiana for Iowa with ox-teams, but having halted for a time in a cabin in Camden Township. later bought land in ITunisville Township. Subsequently. however, Mr. Harris sold his farm and moved to Augusta, 111 .. where he engaged in the grain and lumber business, and where he died while still in the prime of his life.

Being a man with far better education than the average of the early arrivals of Schuyler County, Mr. Campbell at once stepped into net- ive township affairs, and filled many of the im- portant local offices after organization had been effected. For four years he was County Sur- veyor. and before that Deputy Surveyor, and he also was Supervisor. Town Clerk and member of the Board of Education. In later life he was a strong advocate of the Greenback party, and was abundantly able to defend his views. hav- ing an eloquent tongue and great force of man- ner. It would seem, at the time of his death in 1550, that his dreams of sheross and influence had been realized, for the 12816 acres owned by him at that time had been developed from wild timber land into a farm of great value, and per- sonally no man in the township wielded a finer influence or was more highly esteemed by his fellowmen. The wife who shared both his pio- neer and later fortunes, survived him until 1993. She was the mother of five children. one of whom died in infancy. Her son. L. C. Campbell. is a resident of Astoria, Ill .: Stephen Douglas lives in Rogers, Ark .; the career of James S. is

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written of below : and Emma J. is the wife of C. A. Loop. of Camden.

James S. Campbell was born on the old Camp- bell homestead in Section >. Camden Township. October 30, 1556, and ever since has made this his home. This farm has been under continuous cultivation by some number of the same family for seventy-three yours, and is one of the oldest and best known landmarks in Schuyler County. James S. has never found the easy road to wealth, notwithstanding his father's success, and in his youth, as in his later years, he has had to work for whatever he valued. While still of uncertain strength. he worked hard on the farm in the summer and tridged a long distance to school in the winter, and even the latter advan- tage was sometimes ent short that he might ap- ply all of his time to opening the sugar-camp or performing other early spring work. Beginning with his twenty-first birthday he rented the home place for the balance of his father's life. and be then rented ir of his mother until her death, thereafter becoming sole owner of the property by the right of purchase from the other heirs.

September 25, 1879. Mr. Campbell was united in marriage to Fammie N. Wost, who was born in the village of Camden in January, 1859. a daughter of E. G. and Nancy West, who. with his wife, were honored pioneers of Schuyler County. Grandfather Wost was a native of Connecticut, moving from there to Kentucky, and thence to Schuyler County at a very early day. Mr. and Mrs. Campbell are the parents of four children : Raymond W. born August 26, 1850. married May Mccoy, and has a danghter. Sibyl ; Frank L .. horn November 1. 1552. bool:keeper for Wells & Company. of Chicago: Bessie V., born October 1, 1895, who is at home, and Mark M .. born July 26, 1898.

Inheritance and training have made of Mr. Campbell one of the most scientific and success- ful farmers of Camden Township. He has made many fine improvements since his father gave up the reins of government. and has one of the most homelike and profitable farms in the local- ity. Ile is engaged in general farming and stock- raising, and has mitich valuable stock and many fine implements. In politics, ho is a Democrat. and socially is identified with the Modern Wood- men of America.

CAMPBELL, Joseph W .-- The upward struggle of Joseph W. Campbell expresses rare ability to overcome obstacles and make the most of oppor- tunities. This long time resident of Schuyler County, who owns 180 acres of land in Section 13, Rushville Township, is a native of Armstrone County. Pa .. where he was born January 29. 1843. Behind him are the advantages of excel- lent birth and breeding, of practical education. and family history closely interwoven with the momentous events which have shaped the history of this country. His parents. Joseph and Eliza- beth ( Hallabangh) Campbell, also were natives of Pennsylvania, and his maternal grandparents

born in Germany. John Campbell, his paternal grandfather, came from Ireland. his wife being born in Scotland. John Campbell shouldered a musket in the Revolutionary War, and also fought in the Indian War, enlisting from Pen- sylvania. His son. Joseph, after acquiring an education under difficulties, and because he was able to pay his own way, devoted his life to educational work to the end that he was recog- nized as one of the ablest and most successful teachers in Armstrong County. Of the family of twelve children, Joseph W. was the only son and is the only survivor. Nine of the daughters grew to womanhood. while two died in infancy. The mother subsequently became the wife of Henry Rhodebush, and in 1853 came by water to Illinois, where she remained with her Imisband for six months in Pleasantview. They then bought forty acres of land in Frederick Town- ship, and in the spring of 1566 moved to Mis- souri, and soon after to Kansas, where the mother died. The step-father finally returned to Schuyler County, where his death occurred in 1901. His son. John Rhodebush. lives in Kan- sas.

Joseph W. Campbell was ten years old when he came with his mother and stop-father to Selmyler County in 1853. A year later he went to work for a Mr. Edgar as chore-boy on a farm. ropajning in that capacity a couple of years, and receiving as wages his room and board. At the age of thirteen years he went to work for an un- ele, and at the expiration of three years received as compensation for work performed the sum of fifty dollars. When sixteen years bad rolled over his head he received twenty-five cents a day and board during the summer, and about the sone during the winter. In his monotonous and work-weary life, the prospects of service in the Civil War was by no means disheartening, and this same service proved the mettle of the hoy and assisted in the framing of the character of the man. Enlisting in Company D. One lin- dred and Fifteenth Ilinois Volunteer Infantry for three years, he was sent to Kentucky and marched twice through that State, and subse- quently marched across Tennessee four or five times. The One Hundred and Fifteenth took part in the battles of Dalton and Resaca, was two days at Chickamauga, and at Lookout Moun- tain it was the first to climb to the top of the Mountain. At the block-house fight forty-eight men of the company, including Mr. Campbell. were placed in the house to keep at bay Hood's army of forty thousand men until the United States forces could be rallied. During this en- counter five of the forty-eight were killed. twen- te-two wounded. and twenty-one able bodied mon were taken prisoners and placed in Andersonville prison. Thisteen of these managed to be paroled at Millen. Ga. At the Work-house Mr. Campbell w: s among the wounded, and on that account he was paroled and sent home. returning. however. within thirty days to join his regiment, at Mont- gomery, Ala. Finally he was honorably dis- charged in June, 1865, and thereupon returned

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Historical encyclopedia of Illinois, Volume 2, Part 60

Author: Dyson, Howard F., 1870- History of Schuyler County. 4n Publication date: 1908 Publisher: Chicago : Munsell Pub. Co. Number of Pages: 1126

Author: Dyson, Howard F., 1870- History of Schuyler County. 4n
Publication date: 1908
Publisher: Chicago : Munsell Pub. Co.
Number of Pages: 1126